Our God Beyond Compare--Jan. 14, 2019

To whom could we compare you, O God?

Who has directed your Spirit, or instructed you?

You take no pleasure in wickedness;

boasting will not stand before your eyes;

evil will not sojourn with you; you hate evil.

With wisdom and insight, you have made known

to us the mystery of your will; according

to your good pleasure that you set forth in Christ,

your Son, the Beloved, with whom you

are well pleased. Because he is beyond compare

we know that you are, too.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 5; 145; 82; 29

Isa. 40:12-24

Eph. 1:1-14

Mark 1:1-13

Selected Verses

Ps. 5:4-5

 For you are not a God who delights in wickedness;
          evil will not sojourn with you.
The boastful will not stand before your eyes;
          you hate all evildoers. 

Isa. 40:13, 18

Who has directed the spirit of the LORD,
          or as his counselor has instructed him?  …

To whom then will you liken God,
          or what likeness compare with him? 

Eph. 1:8b-9

With all wisdom and insight [God] has made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ…

Mark 1:11

And a voice came from heaven, “You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.”